Prevalence and Localization of Hibernating Myocardium Among Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Acar E., Aksu A., Akkaya G., Kaya G. C.

CURRENT MEDICAL IMAGING, vol.15, no.9, pp.884-889, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.2174/1573405615666190701110620
  • Journal Name: CURRENT MEDICAL IMAGING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.884-889
  • Keywords: FDG, myocardium, hibernation, scar, viability, perfusion defects, POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY, F-18-FDG PET, VIABILITY, REVASCULARIZATION, INFARCTION, PERFUSION, DISEASE, SPECT, FLOW, SCAR
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: This study evaluated how much of the myocardium was hibernating in patients with left ventricle dysfunction and/or comorbidities who planned to undergo either surgical or interventional revascularization. Furthermore, this study also identified which irrigation areas of the coronary arteries presented more scar and hibernating tissue.